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Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between primary school teachers’ resistance to change behaviors and their self-efficacy levels. The study employed relational search model. The population of the study consisted of 415 teachers employed in 14 primary schools in Ankara city center. Data was collected via “Resistance to Change Scale” and “Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale”. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficients and standard multiple regression analysis were performed to analyze the data. Results indicated that all sub-scales of teacher self-efficacy were negatively correlated with resistance to change. It was also referred from the results that sub-scales of teacher self-efficacy were positively correlated with each other. Finally, regression analysis results mirrored resistance to change was not predicted significantly by any subscales of teacher self-efficacy.

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